Michael Schmidt, CFA, is a staff member of FINRA's Dispute Resolution Board with 20+ years of experience in the financial market. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA ...

Andriy Blokhin has 5+ years of professional experience in public accounting, personal investing, and as a senior auditor with Ernst & Young. In finance, a buyout refers to the purchase of a ...

Ivashina, Victoria, and Anna Kovner. "The Private Equity Advantage: Leveraged Buyout Firms and Relationship Banking." Review of Financial Studies 24, no. 7 (July 2011): 2462–2498.

Sobi's US$8bn acquisition, one of the largest potential buyouts in the European leveraged finance market, has dropped out of the pipeline after buyers Advent International and Singapore wealth fund ...

Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) have probably had more bad publicity than good because they make great stories for the press. However, not all LBOs are regarded as predatory. They can have both positive ...